Sunburn & Soaring With a heatwave due, many members arrived at the airfield expecting the warmer than usual weather to bring with it perfect soaring conditions. Saturday was not the case. The scorching 28 degree heat brought with it blue skies and not what we wanted. The saying “running through a forest blindfolded” had never […]
Conversions, Re-solos and Many Happy Returns With the weather looking to be a lot more promising this weekend, members came to the airfield with high hopes. Both Saturday and Sunday proved to be scratchy in terms of thermals, but enough for our experienced pilots to enjoy the Lincolnshire countryside. Saturday saw 16 members, as well […]
Safety First It’s been a few weeks since we last flew at RAF Cranwell, and with very good reason to do so. On Sunday 13th June, there was an accident for which the airfield was closed down for to render the area safe to fly off. We are pleased to say the pilot left uninjured, […]
2 sides of a coin With a promising forecast for both days this weekend, we approached the airfield with our hopes high and our goals even higher. Saturday welcomed club members with open arms and blue skies, with club member (and former NUGC member) Callum Evans achieving the longest flight of the day with a […]
A truly British bank holiday weekend Contrary to what our previous bank holiday flying weekend’s have been like, sun, blue skies and thermals graced the Lincolnshire airspace. Although we have been hoping that the weather was nothing like the forecast recently, these last 3 days have been the complete opposite. Saturday saw a plethora of […]
The whole team is back together! Not only did this weekend see us play cat and mouse with the unpredictable Lincolnshire weather, but we had the pleasure of welcoming back the University of Nottingham Gliding Club to the North airfield at RAF Cranwell. Saturday kicked off with the daily briefing, where we were made aware […]
Lets not take the forecast as gospel! With another typical Lincolnshire dreary weather forecast for the weekend, spirits were not dampened and members still braved the weather. Saturday proved challenging, with rain and thunder enclosing the airfield. This did not stop anyone with DP Adam Y giving the go ahead for limited flying with one […]
So many achievements for such short little time With a forecast of what seemed to be impending doom upon RAF Cranwell for Saturday, spirits were not dampened as a handful of volunteering members attended the gliding club hangar to give some TLC to the structure and its contents. A series of tasks ranging from basic […]
A hopeful bank holiday weekend With a bank holiday weekend meaning 3 full days of flying, Cranwell Gliding Club members eagerly attended the airfield despite a not so great forecast looming over the Lincolnshire skies. 41 total members attended, with many private aircraft taking to the skies on Sunday too. As members arrived at the […]
Soaring, visits and new members all around Cross-section forecasts were released looking very promising this weekend, and they delivered again. Members flocked to the airfield on both days looking to take the, once again, fantastic skies above RAF Cranwell. Saturday saw 54 flights following an attendance of 25 members, with a multitude of our pilots […]
